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REAR ADMIRAL . M'CALLA A VIC-
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His Most Brillian Achievements Were
in the War with Spain and the Pe-
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Santa Barbara , Ca ! . : Rear Admiral I
B. H. McCallaf ' U. S. N. , retired , died
at 4 o'clock' Friday morning of an.c-
t plexy.
High naval officers in Washington ,
when they learned of the sudden death
i of Rear Admiral Bowman Hendry Mc-
s Calla , were unanimous in their expres-
sion of sorrow and praise of the dead
officer.
Rear Admiral McCalla was born at
Camden , N. J. , in 1844 , entering the
navy in 1861. His services during the
almost thirty-nine years of active duty
in all parts of the world were noted
with conspicuous acts. The most brill-
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iant achievements of the dead officer
were in connection with the war with
Spain and the Pekin relief column ,
for which he received signal recogni-
tion in the shape of a congressional
medal for distinguished service in bat-
tle , and also international ac nowl-
edgment of his labors through the be-
stowal on him of the Order of the Red
Eagle by the German emperor and the
Chinese war medal by : the king of
England. All of this was on top of his
excellent record in the civil war. Mc
Calla was made a member of the Loy-
al Legion and decorated in other re
spects and advanced in rank in the
navy. His last active service in the
navy was as commandant of the naval
training station at Mare Island , Cal. ,
and of the navy yard there , and he re
tired June 19 , 1906. For some time
he has been living. southern Cali-
fornia with his family.
DECLINES TO DISCUSS IT.
Mrs. Harriman Refuses to Confirm
Engagement of Daughter.
New York : Mrs. Mary Averell Har -
riman , widow of the late E. H. Harri-
man , declined Wednesday night to dis
cuss a report that her daughter Mary
will marry Charles Carey Rumsey , of
Buffalo. When Mrs. Harriman was
informed that news of such an engage-
ment was current he sent back word ,
"I will neither confirm nor deny the
report. "
She would add nothing to this lacon
ic statement.
Rumsey is a sculptor. It was his
model that was chosen by a commit-
tee to build a memorial to Harriman in
the county seat of Orange county , in
which Arden is situated , in recognition
of Mr. riarriman's rvices as a breed-
er of blooded horses and a builder of
good roads.
Mrs. Harriman and her daughter
spent the winter at their town house
in Fifth avenue. Mr. Rumsey was in
New York much of the time this win
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fit L - CASE OF A. K. DETWILER.
Indicted on Charges of Bribery in To.
ledo , March 20 , 1907.
Toledo , 0. : A. K. Detwiler , former
vice president of the Home Telephone
company , of Ohio , and who surrender- :
ed in San Francisco Tuesday , where
he is under indictment on charges of I
bribing supervisors of the Reuf-
Schmitz regime , was indicted here on
March 20 , 1907. He left this city two
days later and went to Adrian , Mich. ,
and thence immediately to St. Louis ,
where he stayed a couple of days.
From the Mound city he went to Ar-
kansas , where he lived for several
months.
Detwiler later went to the mountains :
near the western coast where he has
kept in hiding until he was notified
Tuesday that arrangements had been
made relative to securing a bond. A
wire was received from him there
Wednesday morning saying that he ]
would visit Toledo in a week or ten , 1
days.
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E. S. Cooke is Indicted Again.
Cincinnati , 0. : Edgar S. Cooke , ot i
Chicago , formerly employed by the I
Big Four Railway here . t
company , was
indicted by the Hamilton county grand
jury again Tuesday in connection with
the Warriner case. The return charges
the embezzlement of $24,000. A pre- I
vious indictment against Cooke charg-
ed him with having received stolen
property , part of the shortage to I
which Charles L. Warriner , former lo- 1
cal treasurer of the road , confessed. I
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Sioux City Live Stock Market. "
Sioux City , Io. : Friday's quotations 1\ \
'On the local live stock market follow : 1 :
Top beeves , $7.40. Top hogs , $9.40. I ;
More Snow Sheds for West.
Seattle , Wash. : According to the p
plans submitted by Chairman J. J. Hill , n
of the board of directors of the Great Sl
Northern railway , at a conference be- F
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tween officials of the company and the
state railway commission , practically
the whole" "the Cascade . - tunnel re-
gion will be provided with snow sheds a
as a precaution against a recurrence CI
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RUNNING DOWN WHITE SLAVERS , I
Sensational Revelations in New - York . . . . . .
City.
New York Additional arrests were
expected Thursday in the "white
slave" crusade as the result of state-
ments made to District Attorney Whit
man Thursday : night by Harry Leven
son , the self confessed "white slaver. "
Levenson's sensational account of
"stockades" where girls are kept ready
for delivery is believed to have been
accompanied by revelations of other
secrets of the traffic and of names on
which the prosecuting officials may
work to round up additional traffickers
in women for immoral purposes.
Levenson , who has pleaded guilty
to one charge , was arrested with Belle
Moore , a mulatto , and Alexander An-
derson , charged with being dealers in
young ; white girls.
District Attorney Whitman's inves-
tigators include two college bred wom-
en who were active in getting evi
dence against the slavers and who ar
ranged for the purchases which the
Whitman agents have testified to hav-
ing made. They are reauy , it is said ,
to testify at the trial.
Levenson told the district attorney
that there are at least three "stock-
ades" in New York , in each of which
from five to ten young girls are kept
ready , night and day for instant de-
livery wherever they may be wanted.
Little effort , said Levenson , is made
to recruit women of the street. The
"stockades" are filled from the host of
young girls who are unhappy at home ,
or who live narrow lives on their own
earnings and long for leisure , good
tlothes : , gayety and , freedom from re
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straint. Well dressed women make it
a business to singe out such cases , first
winning attention with an invitation to
ainner , then describing the ease and .
pleasure of the alternative they pro-
pose.
The girl delivered to the "stock-
ades" , it then becomes the business
of the proprietor to place his mer-
chandise. In this end of the traffic ,
Levenson said , he was a specialist.
His business was to find a house
where the girl was wanted. The
house paid the "stockade" keeper a
lump sum and allowed Levenson 10
per cent on the girl's earnings.
BIG DRY GOODS HOUSE FAILS.
St. Joseph , Mo. , Merchant Says Com
pany Can Clear Up Obligations.
St. Joseph , Mo. : Judge L. J. Eas-
ton , of the circuit court has appointed
receivers for the Hundley Dry Goods
company. Harry M. Hundley , presi-
dent of the company , says the com-
pany will pay every dollar of its obli-
gations if let alone.
William A. Graham and James M.
Brady , petitioning creditors , do not
agree with Mr. Hundley : in his optimis-
tic views. They are not satisfied and
the charge is made that funds of the .
company have been diverted. They de-
clare business is good , but fear for
their money.
The Hundley Dry Good company has
a capital stock , paid up , of $500,000 ,
divided into 5,000 shares of $100 each.
Of that stock $200,000 is preferred ,
and the preferred stock is owned
equally by W. S. Jackson and Jacob M.
Ford of St. Joseph , William A. Graham
owns J 20 shares of common stock ,
James M. Brady owns 100 shares of
common stock , and the remainder of
the common stock is owned principal- :
ly by the Hundley family. c
The house was established in 1880 c
as the McKinney , Hundley & Walker j
Dry Goods company and was incorpo- j
rated in 1890 under the same name.
There were various changes in the
name. It was the Hundley-Smith Dry
Goods company until about three rears : ;
ago , when E. C. Smith retired , and it
then became the Hundley Dry Goods
company. , ]
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JAPAN AND THE U. S. 1
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Temps Paper Comments on Taft't II I
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Speech in Pittsburg. ;
Paris : The Temps , commenting on 1
President Taft's recent speech at t
Pittsburg , expresses the opinion that
any : attempt to resuscitate Secretary a :
Knox's plan for the neutralization of : :
the Manchurian railways is doomed to
failure.
In his remarks about the open door
in China the paper thinks Mr. Taft has J J
placed [ his finger on the true cause of
the conflict between Washington and
Tokio , that of commercial supremacy t
in the Pacific. However , the Temps (
does not consider the issue threaten t
ng , as both the United States and Ja c
pan are resolved to avoid complica a
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Fireman Fatally Injured in a Missouri D
Train Wreck.
Hilliard , Mo. : Engineer David Bar-
nett , of St. Louis , was killed ; Engineer
William Hearst , of St. Louis , was fatal 1
ly injured , and 22 passengers sustained
minor hurts in a head-on collision
Wednesday afternoon between Iron a
Mountain , trains Nos. S and 23 near t
here. The injured .
were taken to Pop. I
lar Bluff on a relief train. i
Bucket Shops to Be Wiped Out.
Washington , D. C. : Complete sup.
pression of the "bucket shop" busiI
ness throughout the United States is
sought by the department of
justice. t ;
Prosecutions ' already started are to v
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Report on N. Y. Auto Owners.
Albany , N. Y. : There are 100,000
automobiles in New York state , act
ording to a report on licenses given 1.J
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-NOT LIIELY TO BE GRANTED.
Judge Looks With Disfavor on Club
Injunctions.
At the conclusion of the trial of the
Lincoln club injunction cases in dis
Frost indi-
trict court Thursday Judge -
.cated that the application for a perma-
nent injunction forbidding city and
its officials from raiding the club
rooms ' and seizing the 1'quors found
therein without proper warrant , would
be denied and the temporary injunc-
tion dissolved. Last June all of the
clubs obtained restraining orders to
prevent the officials interfering with
them ] and later these orders were mod-
ified so as to forbid the officers invad
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ing the clubs and seizing their liquors
without a warrant regularly issued.
The clubs sought to have these orders
made permanent.
All parties admitted that the ques-
tion was not an important one , as
would have no legal right to do things
from : which it was sought to enjoin
them ; that is ! , they could not legally
enter the club houses and seize the
property of the organizations without
first securing a , warrant from the
proper court.
LINCOLN'S PLANT IS LOSER.
Report of City Auditor of Lincoln on
Water System Shows Yearly Loss.
The Electrical Workers association ,
which opened at Lincoln Thursday ,
took exceptions to the statement of
Mayor Love , who , in his welcome ad-
dress , said that the city owned the wa
ter plant at Lincoln and had netted
the city some $30,000 in addition to
furnishing water to consumers at 15
cents per 1,000 gallons and the city
for nothing.
Mr. "Scoutt , of the Kearney Water
and Electric Power company , was ap
pointed a committee to investigate
the report of the city auditor of Lin-
coln and give his anaylsis to the con-
vention. Mr. : Scoutt's report showed
that instead of showing a net revenue ,
the plant was actually run at a loss
of $3,000. .
The analysis of Mr. Scoutt is based
on the contention that the city audi-
tor's report overlooks charges and
losses , such as arise from taxes , break-
age and the like.
CROPS GET A GOOD SOAKING.
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Entire Grain Belt of Nebraska , Kansas
and Eastern Colorado Wet.
Rain worth millions.
The entire wheat belt of Nebraska ,
Kansas and eastern Colorado was
visited with a general rain Thursday
morning. Continuing at intervals dur-
ing the day and becoming a steady fall .
all Thursday and Friday night.
The Union Pacific reports that it was
raining Thursday over the entire sys-
tem , with temperatures varying from
45 to 55 degrees. All of the stations
along the Burlington route , where
cloudy weather was reported. Ac-
cording to Northwestern officials there
is rain all along the Nebraska lines
from [ Merriman : southeast.
BLAIR BOY LOSES FOOT.
Jesse Bigelow Falls Under Union Pa- i
cific Train at Sidney.
Jesse Bigelow , aged 18 , son of T. S.
Bigelow , of Blair , while trying to
board a moving freight train In the
Union : Pacific yards at Sidney , slipped
and fell from the cars and mangled his
left foot so badly that it necessitated
amputation above the angle. Dr. Si-
mons , the county physician , assisted
by Dr. Graham
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tion. :
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The young man was trying to steal
I. ride with another fellow when the
accident took place.
: \ l'INTYREIURDER TRIAL.
Judge Overrules Motion of Defense
for a Continuance.
Judge Hanna Thursday overruled
the motion of the
defense in the case
of Harry G. McIntyre , charged with
the murder of O. F. Hamilton , for a
continuance : , and the trial will be held
at the present term of court at Mullen.
The law firm of Sullivan & Squires
has been appointed by the court to
conduct : the defense , and W. D. Old-
ham , of Kearney , has been engaged to
assist in the prosecution.
Boy Badly Injured.
Linn Linford , son of J. S. Linford ,
living near St. Mary , suffered an acci-
dent Monday , the result of which is
not yet determined.
He was riding on
L lister when the tongue broke and
threw him off in front. The marline
passed over him and it is thought
injured him quite badly internally. .
Jury Attaches No Blame.
The coroner's jury empanelled at
Bartlett to investigate the sudden
death of Pearl Newman , a colored
girl : , decided that death resulted from
poisoning but failed to attach blame
o any particular person. ,
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Plaftsinouth Votes Paving Bonds.
At a special election at Plattsmouth
the issuance of paving bonds carried
by a large majority. The bonds are to ' f
be issued for the sum of $3,500. \
) ! AX WANTED FOR MURDER.
Sheriff Kennedy and Detective from I
Chicago Arrest Italian.
Sheriff Kennedy , of Broken Bow , in
company with Julian Bernacchi , a well
known police detective of Chicago ,
made an important catch near Merna :
Tuesday in the person of Antoine
Montato , charged with the murder of
a Chicago saloonkeeper on the even-
ing i of April 23 last.
Montato , who has been working
with the Burlington road crew under
the assumed name of Salvator Agan-
zino , was found by the officers hid-
ing behind a farm barn. He made lit-
tle resistance when arrested.
Montato with two others is charg-
ed with entering Contanzeros' saloon
April 26 , enticing the proprietor to a
back room and shooting him three
times through the head before rob-
bing him. ,
Two of the alleged murderers were
arrested and one confessed. Montato
got away. Detective Bernacchi with
great difficulty trailed his man to
Broken Bow and with the assistance
of Sheriff Kennedy finally located him
with the - railroad gang several miles
northwest of there.
Mr. : , Bernacchi is one of the four
Italian detectives of Chicago _ who han-
dle the Black Hand cases and is one
of the personal staff of Assistant Chief
Schuettler.
CUSTER PHYSICIAN DEAD. |
Dr. A. E. Robertson , of Mason City ,
] ) Ics from Attack : of Pneumonia.
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Dr. A. E. Robertson , for fifteen
years a well known citizen and lead-
ing physician of Custer county , died
at his home at Mason City Tuesday
morning of pneumonia , aged 38 years. < <
He was a native of Clissfield , Mich. , J
and a graduate of the Michigan uni
versity of Ann Arbor and of the Rush
Medical college of Chicago. He located
at Asrfton , Sherman county , in May : ,
1893 , and two years later removed to
Mason City. He leaves a wife and lit-
tle daughter. Dr. Robertson was a
prominent and leading citizen of that
community and his untimely death is
greatly deplored. The fatal illness
which caused his death was contract-
ed while attending to professional du
ties during the severe cold weather of
ten days ago.
HEAR MR. BRYAN SPEAK.
Governor and R. TJ. Metcalfe Also on
Toastmasters' List.
W. J. Bryan , Gov. A. C. Shallenber-
ger and Richard L. Metcalfe were
three of the speakers at the first an
nual dinner of the democracy of John-
son county , held at Tecumseh Tuesday
night at Smith's theater.
Mr. Bryan talked briefly on the in-
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itiative and referendum , Gov. Shallen-
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berger discoursed on "Nebraska , " and
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: \11' . Metcalfe on "Democracy's Oppor-
tunity. " Judge W. H. Kelliger , of $
Auburn , , discussed "The Judiciary in to
Politics. " Edgar Howard , of Colum- to
bus , was on the program , but did not c
appear. 4
The dinner was attended by 200 men.tJ
Rev. Thomas Barden , of St. Andrews' , to
gave the invocation. The toastmaster to
was Dr. A. P. Fitzsimmons , county tl
chairman.
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Gun Found in Bed. $
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The chambermaid at the Hotel
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Ainsworth at Ainsworth , in making
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the bed in room 14 , occupied by Wal-
ter Refenberg , alias George Wilson ,
found the gun with which , it is al- h
leged , he shot Jake Davis last al$7 - '
ber. The weapon had been stuck in CI
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the mattress. It showed blood , . There
was \ also found a bloodstained pocket-
book , some bloody papers and some h
empty shells. $ '
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Proposed Hospital for York.
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At a meeting of the York Commer-
cial club , called for the purpose of '
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promoting and building a hospital ,
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R ev. Dana Colgrove of the Episcopal 3
church of York , submitted blue prints 4 :
and plans of a hospital that will be
under the supervision of a board of .
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directors , residents of York , and main-
tained by the diocese of Nebraska.
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Next Session at Kearney.
The 1911 meeting of the Nebraska st
Commercial clubs is to be held at cl
Kearney. A sharp contest between to
Kearney [ : and Lincoln featured the fair
closing : day of the convention at Co
lumbus. : Two combats were involved
to
in the general campaign which re-
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sulted in the ultimate choice of Kear -
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More LiccMiscs Issued. I
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At a special meeting of the city $ 'j
council of Beatrice Tuesday evening co
saloon licenses were granted to A. M. w
Lavalle : , Bryan Bladt , Winfield Dolen 27c
and F. II. Hobbs. This will make five
saloons ; for Beatrice.
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Clark ) : Townsend , of Stratton , was gr
found dead in bed Thursday morning , The
death resulting from heart disease. po
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CHICAGO.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of
Chicago ] trade says :
"Seasonable weather stimulates ac
tivity , but distributive branches re-
cover slowly from the recent setback ,
and the curtailment in business gen-
erally is reflected by reduced pay :
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ments through the banks and increased
trading defaults. Allowing for exag- -
gerated estimates it is clear that the
late bad weather has been hurtful to
various interests , but most indications
encourage large hopes of good pros-
pects in agriculture , although grain
growers are confronted with declining
prices. .
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"The industrial position as a whole
exhibits sustained strength in both
production and new demands despite
efforts of pig iron operators to lessen
outputs. Transportation returns tes
tify to enormous movements of heavy
freight , and the aggregate remains
good in general merchandise and raw
material for factory use.
"Packing operations are still limited
by . a poor supply of raw material , and
advance estimates of provision stocks
in store indicate little change over a
month ago.
"In general merchandise dealings a
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fair business is apparent in dry goods
clothing , mllinery , silks , footwear
and food products , notwithstanding a
smaller attendance of outside buyers
"Bank clearings , $267,301,374 , exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1909 by 6.8 per cent and compare with
$235,642,956 in 1908. Failures report-
ed .in the Chicago district number
twenty-eight , against fifteen last week ,
twenty-three in 1909 and thirty-nine
in 1908. Those with liabilities over
$5,000 number eight , as against four
last week , seven in 1909 and nine in
1908. "
NEW YORK.
Cold weather , with snow West and
South , has checked retail trade and
dulled reorder business in spring
goods , while the reports of crop dam-
age resulting from the return of win-
ter : have tended to discourage full busi
ness ! , pending clearer views of the ul
timate crop outcome. Taken as a
whole , the reports from jobbing and
wholeseale trade lines and industries
point to a slowing down rather than a
quickening of demand , and , the down-
ward tendency of many commodities
does not seem to have brought out
much new business.
Business failures in the United
States : ; for the week ending with April
28 were 189 , as against 193 last week
268 ! in the like week of 1909 , 282 in .
1908 , 163 in 1907 and 139 in 1906
Business failures for the week in Can
ada numbered twenty-one , which com
pare with fifteen last week and twen- I
ty -one in the corresponding week of
1909. - Bradstreet's.
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Chicago-Cattle ; common to prkne ,
$4.00 to $8.30 ; hogs , prime heavy , $7.00
o $9.40 ; sheep , fair to choice , $4.50
o $7.75 ; wheat , No. 2 , $1.11 to $1.13 ;
corn , No. 2 , 59c to 61c ; oats , standard.
40c to 42c ; rye , No. 2 , 77c to J8c ; hay ,
timothy [ , $10.00 to $18.00 ; prairie , $8.00
I ) $14.00 ; butter , choice creamery , 25c
o 28c ; eggs , fresh , 17c to 20c ; pota-
toes , per bushel , 24c to 33c.
Indianapolis - Cattle , shipping , $3.00
) $8.00 ; hogs , good to choice heavy ,
$7.00 to $9.55 ; sheep , good to choice ,
$3.00 to $6.50 ; wheat , No.2 , $1.04 to
$1.06 ; corn , No. 2 white , 62c to 64c ;
oats , No. 2 white , 42c to 43c.
St. Louis , . - Cattle : $4.00 to $8.25 ;
hogs , $7.00 to $9.25 ; ; sheep , $4.50 to
$7.90 ; wheat , No.2 , $1.13 , to $1.15 ;
corn [ , No.2 , 62c to 63c ; oats , No. 2 ,
} c to 42c ; rye , No. 2 , 77c to 79c. e
Cincinnati - Cattle , $4.00 to $7.60 ; 1
hogs , $7.00 to $9.55 ; sheep , $3.00 to h
$7.00 ; wheat , No.2 , $1.10. to $1.12 ; s
corn . , No. 2 mixed , 60c to 61c ; oats a
No. 2 mixed , 44c to 45c ; . rye , No. 2 , e
82c to 84c. v
Detroit - Cattle , $4.00 to _ $7.00 ; hogs ,
$7.00 to $10.85 ; ; sheep , $3.50 to $8.00 ;
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wheat , No. 2 , $1.06 to $1.07 ; corn , No.
yellow , 61c to 62c ; oats , standard ,
43c to 44c ; rye ; , No. 1 , 79c to Sic.
Milwaukee-Wheat , No. 2 northern , t :
$1.06 to $1.09 ; corn , No. 3 , 59c to 61c ; a
oats , standard , 40c to 42c ; rye , No. 1 , 0
tc to 80c ; barley , standard , 64c to of
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65c pork mess $21.75.
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Buffalo - Cattle , choice shipping ce '
steers : , $4.00 to $8.15 ; hogs , fair to h
choice , $7.00 to $9.80 ; sheep , common n
good mixed , $4.00 to $8.50 ; lambs , Ii
.ir to choice , $6.00 to $9.35. . to
Toledo-Wheat , No. 2 mixed , $1.07 th ]
$1.08 ; corn , No. 2 mixed , 59c to er
} c ; oats , No. 2 mixed , 42c to 43c ;
rye , No.2 , 78c to 79c ; clover' seed ,
$6.30. ;
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New York - Cattle , $4.00 to $9.00 ;
hogs , $7.00 to $10.00 ; sheep , $4.00 to c (
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$7.50 ; wheat , No. 2 red , $1.11 to $1.12 ; h
corn , No. 2 , 61c to 62c ; oats , natural , '
$2
white , 45c to 4Sc ; butter , creamery , J :
c to 30c ; eggs , western , 19c to 22c. I
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A New York cable dispatch tells of
e recent death in Paris of Baroness
i Roques , mother of Mrs. Maybrick : ,
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ho was confined many years in a
British prison under a life sentence. to
1e baroness is said to have died IP t !
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BHIBERY CHARGE IN ILLINOIS. /
Legislator Says Senatorial Deadlock /1
Was Broken by Vote-Buying. ,
An amazing story alleging bribery
and corruption in the election of Will ' .
iam l Lorimer as United States Senator ' : -
from Illinois was unfolded to State's. ! -
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Attorney Wayman ; in Chicago
other day by Representative Charles
A. White of St. Glair County , who
made a confession to the public prose-
cutor that he received $1,000 for hia
vote.
Charges that the breaking of the
celebrated deadlock was accomplished
by the' ' wholesale buying of votes at
prices ranging from $1,000 to $2.000
were accompanied by further allega
tions from White that he had pat tlci-
pated to the extent of $900 in the
splitting up of the "jack pot , " a term
he used to designate a "slush fund"
alleged to have been collected for the
defeat or passage of legislation. The ,
disclosures , which shook State politics
to its foundation , were followed b } ' im
mediate steps on the part of the . au
thorities to start investigations. . '
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Senator Lorimer makes emphatic
denial of the White charges , and says ' .
no votes were purchased. Minority
Leader Lee O'Neil Browne asserts
that White's story : originated as a
blackmailing scheme. Representative ,
Robert E. " Wilson , who is said to be 1
the person who paid to White the
money for his votej says White's '
charges are false and denies knowl-
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edge of a "jack pot" or "slush fund.
MUCH STRYCHNINE IN SWOPES.
Dr. Vaughan , State's Most Important _
Witness , on Stand.
Dr. Victor C. Vaughan , the toxicolo-
gist of Ann Arbor , Mich. , and regard-
ed by the State as its most important
witness in the Hyde murder trial in
Kansas City , began his testimony'the
other day. Searches for , poison made .
by him alone and also with the aid of
Dr. Walter S. Haines of Chicago , who
has already testifie i. had resulted in
the discovery of the following : Twen
ty-six thirty-thirds of a grain of strych-
nine in the entire liver of Colonel
Thomas M. Swope. Signs of cyanide
in the stomach. A trace of strychnine
in a kidney. A suggestion , but no
positive proof , of cyanide in the stom
ach of Chrisman Swope. Strychnine
in the contents of the stomach of Mar ,
garet Swope. Cyanide in capsules said
to have been thrown into a street by
Dr. B. C. Hyde the night he was ex- .
pelled from the Swope residence , last
Dec. 18. In reply to hypothetical ques-
tions regarding the convulsions suf-
fered by these three , Dr. Vaughan said , ,
in his opinion , they had been caused .
by the administration of some con-
vulsive poison , such as cyanide or .
strychnine. ,
ROOSEVELT DAM FINISHED.
Project in Arizona Cost National
Government $8,640,000.
The Roosevelt dam , the great en-
gineering work in connection with the-
Salt river irrigation project in Ari .
zona is finished and the United States. , . / .J
has closed down its cement plant at- /l/
Roosevelt. The government entered . 1
Into the manufacture of cement for1 t
the Roosevelt dam nearly five years-
ago , because of its inability to obtai
cement at reasonable prices , owing to
the : inaccessibility of the dam site and
its remoteness from transportation.
The engineers of the reclamation serv-
ice state that the mill has saved the-
government more than $650,000.
The reservoir created by the dam Is
the ; largest artificial body of water in
the : world. Its capacity is 61,000,000,000-
cubic feet , and if its water were spread'
over Delaware it would cover , the en- I
tire : surface of the state a foot In-
depth. The project when completed
will cost $8,640,000. It will irrigate'
240,000 ! acres of land and it is esti
mated that the crops of a single season-
will return enough to repay the entire
Investment of the government.
BOY FIGHTS OFF POSSE.
Youth Who Tried to Slay Girl Gives-
Up When Soldiers Fire Volley.
Clarence Woods , 19-year-old clerk
employed by the Title Guaranty and.
Trust Company Manhattan , killed. - - '
himself in a boathouse on the Hacken-
I
sack River , near Rutherford , N. J , -
after the State militia had been call-
ed out to take him dead or alive and-
with a posse of armed citizens wait-
ing for the first chance to shoot him.
down. Woods had barricaded himself'
D the boathouse after attacking 17-
year-old Anna Kip with a club be-
cause of her refusal to marry him-
Believing her dead , he took refuge i > 3.
the boathouse. Armed with a rifle
and two revolvers he shot and seri ,
ously wounded Deputy Sheriff Smit .
f Rutherford and repeatedly fought
off all attempts by seventy armed of3-
cers and citizens to rush the boat-
house. Woods apparently lost his-
nerve when Company of the Third- :
Regiment of Hackensack was rushed- :
[ ) the scene and fired a volley into
the boathouse and killed himself rath
r than surrender.
Court Takes Cordage Trust.
An involuntary petition in bank ,
ruptcy was filed in the United States-
court in Xew York against the Stand
ard I Cordage Company by three bond-
holders , who assert liabilities total
-
$2,400,000 and assets only $1,000,000.
Judge Hough appointed Lindsay Rus- , "
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sell receiver. .i
Union "Workmen. Start Store. .
The high cost of living has moved
the union workmen of Brockton , : \Iass. . _
) establish a co-operative store , whefe--
the : necessaries of life may be purchas-
:1 : at the lowest possible cash priceSr-
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